Reversing arrangement for document reproducing machines



' y 1939. -A. E. SCHUBERT 4 2,155,418

REVERSING ARRANGEMENT FOR DOCUMENT REPRODUOING IACHINBS Filed Aug. 4,19:57 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 FIG. I.

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ATTORNEYS Alvin E. Schubert I I v INVENTQR.

July 11, 1939. A. E. SCHUBERT REVERSING ARRANGEMENT FOR DOCUMENTREPRODUCING MACHINES Filed Aug. 4, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 1 7 0- 4] 0 .U(2 7 1 5 0 a WW KM/ 5 M 6 H 7 Z J6 4 a 2 2 4 7 m 3 w w w w. 1 2 3 9 M5 .2

- INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented Jol 11, 1939 2,165,418'

REVERSING ARRANGEMENT FOR DOCU- MENT REPRODUCING MACHINES Alvin E.Schubert, Rochester, N. Y., assignor to I Eastman Kodak Company,Rochester, N. Y., a

corporation of New Jersey Application August 4, 1937, Serial No. 157,361

' .20 Claims. (Cl.-271--3) The present invention relates to a machinefor photographically recording checks or other documents, and moreparticularly to an arrangement whereby one or more of the checks ordocuments may be reversed so that both sides thereof may be recorded.The reversing mechanism of the present invention is particularlydesigned for use in a recording apparatus such as shown and described inthe patent to C. J. Hughey, Number nism illustrated in Fig. 4 as viewedfrom the left, but with the feeding hoppers removed and parts shown insection.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view of parts of the mechanism illustrated inFigs. 4 and 5, showing 5' partly inside elevation and partly in sectionthe arrangementfor obstructing one of the feeding hoppers to prevent thefeeding of a document until the preceding document has been photo-1,976,346, dated October 9, 1934. graphed on both sides; 10

An object of this invention is the provision in a Fig. 4 is. asideelevation parti in Section machine of this class of a mechanism forfeeding f a document recording ach ne, with the Side the documentthrough the machine so as to Plates e Showing the arrangement of t ephotograph one side thereof, then automatically operating n control m hs f r reversing i5 reversing the document and again feeding it thedocument; a d

through the machine so that the other side may 5 s a ew Similar o ut Wth the also be photographed. parts in a slightly different position soas to Another object of the invention is the provision d e t thedocument around the rear of the drum of a document reversing mechanismwhich operso that the document y b reversed and again ates in propertimed relation to feeding and fed through the machine so that the otherside photographing mechanisms. of the document may be photographed.

still another object of the invention is the prom l r reference nu alshrou h ut the vision of a control for the reversing mechanism severalviews indicate the same p which is actuated by the movement of the docu-The invention comprises, in its broadest aspect, ment through themachine. a rotating drum for advancing documents through 25 A furtherobject of the invention is the provithe photographic field of a cameraso that the sion of a reversing mechanism which may be latter may pho osp ll record e ide of selectively moved to an operative position to t e de TWO Suitable feeding Stations 01' photographically record both sidesof one or more hoppers are provided, one for small documents of thedocuments, or may be moved to an inopersuch as checks, the other forlarger documents 30 ative position in which only one side of thedocusuch as letters, ledger sheets, etc. The present ments will berecorded. invention provides suitable mechanism which is A still furtherobject of the invention is the actuated by the advancing of the documentby the provision of an arrangement, operated in timed drum for reversingthe document, and again relation to and controlled by the reversingmechafeeding it through the photographic field of the nism, forpreventing the feeding of a check or camera so that the other side ofthe document other smalldocument until the preceding check, may also bephotographically recorded. This has been photographed on both sides.mechanism is so arranged that it may be selec- Yet another object is theprovision of a docutively positioned so as to record both sides of a 40ment reversing mechanism which is automatic,v single document or aseriesof documents. When, 40 positive in its action, and operated in properhowever, only one side of a{ document is to be timed sequence to theadvancing and photorecorded, the reversing mechanism may be movedgraphing of the document. I to an inoperative position so that when theone To these and other ends, the invention resides side has been p ap edt e document is in certain improvements and combinations ofautomatically discharged from the machine. 5 parts all as will behereinafter more fully de- Referring now to the drawings, there is shownscribed, the novel features being pointed out in a rotating feeding oradvancing drum II. which the claims-at the end ofthe specification. ismounted for rotation on the shaft l2 jour- In the drawings: naled inopposite walls 13 and M of the machine Fig. 1 is afplan view of aportion of the mechahousing, e from? of the machine at. e

nism illustrated in Fig. 4, with the feeding hoppers removed and thedrum partly in section showing the arrangement of the parts forcontrolling and operating the reversing mechanism;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation view of the mechaleft as viewed in Figs. 4and 5. The drum is adapted to advance documents, generally indicated asI5 Figs. 4 and 5 through the photographic field of a camera, not shown,so that the document may be photographically recorded.

The document I5 is held in engagement with the drum during the passingthrough the photographic field of the camera. by means of a plurality oftightly strung guide wires it which extend part way around theperipheryof the drum, in a manner clearly illustrated in Figsmi and 5. Ashaft I7 is mounted in the side walls It and I 4 of the machine housing,and carries one or more idler rolls I8 which direct the document, in amanner hereinafter described, between the guide wires I6 and the drumII. An'arcuate shaped bracket It, secured to the machine housing in anysuitable manner, extends across the lower front portion of the drum II,and carries a series of idler rollers 25, which are adapted to hold thedocument in engagement with the drum l I after the passing of thedocument through the,

field of the camera. These rollers are supported in bearings 2i, and areresilient pressed toward the drum II by leaf springs 35, the bearingsand springs being formed from the material of the bracket I9, all ofwhich is clearly illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5.

The guide wires It extend downwardly and through a small shaft or rod 22carried by the bracket I9, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. These wires aremaintained in proper tension by means of coil springs 23 interposedbetween the shaft 22 and the lugs 25 suitably secured to the lower endsof the wires I 5, see Figs. d and 5. The drum II may be connected to andoperated in timed relation with a photographic camera in a mannerclearly shown and described in the abovementioned patent to Hughey.

The machine is provided with a pair of document feeding stations orhoppers, clearly indicated by the numerals 25 and 26, positionedadjacent the top the drum II and adapted to receive documents to be fedonto the drum. The rear hopper 25 is adapted to receive small documents,such as-checks, which are dropped edgewise, as shown in Fig. 4, into thehopper 25 and are then carried or advanced by the drum II through thefield of the camera to be 'photographed thereby. The front hopper 2B isprimarily intended for larger documents such as letters, ledge sheets,and the like. This front hopper is provided with a rearwardly andupwardly sloping bottom 28 which terminates in a feeding board orsupport 29 on which the larger decuments are positionedprior to thefeeding thereof into the hopper 26. It is thus apparent from impactionof Figs. 4 and 5 that when the documents are fed Into either the hopper25 or 26, the rotating drum II will pick up and carry the documents, ina clockwise direction, through the photographic field of the camera soas to photograph one side of the document. The document, during itstravel, is held in engagement with the drum l I by reason of the guidewires I6 and the rollers III and 20. When the document reaches thebottom of the drum it is stripped therefrom by means of a plurality offingers 30 which are recessed in circumferential grooves 3| formed inthe drum II, as clearly shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

It is often desirable, particularly in the case of large checks, to notonly photograph the front of the check, as above described, but to alsophotograph the back of the check so that a photographic record of thevarious endorsements may also be secured. Even with large documents, itis often desirable, and in some cases essential, to photograph bothsides thereof. This photographing of the opposite side of the documentmay obviously be accomplished by feeding the document through themachine, then manually reversing o'r flipping the document over, andthen again manually feeding it through the machine. The presentinvention, however, provides an arrange ment whereby this reversing andrefeeding of the document is accomplished automatically so that all theoperator has to do is to initially feed the documents through one of thehoppers 25 or 26.

To secure this result, the fingers 30 are movable downwardly, by meanshereinafter described, from the position shown in Fig. 4 to the positionshown in Fig. 5. In the latter position, the fingers 35 have been movedout of the recesses ti and extend slightly below the surface of the drumII. stripping the document from the'drum, the fingers 3!) will new guideor direct the document to the rear side of the drum. This movement ofthe fingers or guides 30 is in proper timed relation to the movement ofthe document I 5 by the drum so that the fingers will be moved out ofthe recesses 3i just prior to the time the document approaches thebottom of the drum. To facilitate the ready passage of the document I5between the fingers 30 and the drum II, a set of resilient members 35are provided. Each of these resilient members has one end thereofsecured to the bracket I9 while the free end extends over the lower faceof the drum II; and, when the fingers 30 are in the lowered position,termination between the fingers and the drum, as shown at 36, Fig. 5, todirect the document therebetween. The guides or fingers 30 thus performtwo separate and distinct functions. When in the position shown in Fig.4., they act to strip the document I5 from the rotating drum II. Whenhowever, they are moved to the position shown in Fig. 5, they act toguide or direct the document to the rear face of the drum I I and to areversing mechanism,

hereinafter described.

From the fingers 30, the document I5 is guided between a plate 40 andthe drum II. 40 preferably extends the full width of the drum, and issecured in any suitable manner to the opposite side walls I3 and I4. Forthe purposes of clarity, this plate has been omitted in Fig. 2. Theplate 40 preferably does not engage the drum II, but is spaced slightlytherefrom, as clearly shown in Figs. 4 and 5. As the document advancesunder the plate 40, it may behld against the drum II by means of one ormore series of I rollers 4|, which are supported in bearings struck upfrom the material of the plate 40, and are resiliently pressed towardthe drum II in the same manner as the rollers 20. above described. Theplate 40, with its rollers, thus cooperates with the guide fingers 30 toguide or direct the document to the reversing plate to be presentlydescribed.

The document I5 is carried around by the drum I I until it strikes adeflector or reversing plate 50. This plate preferably forms acontinuation of the bottom 28 of the hopper 26, and is hinged to a plate52 which cooperates with a spaced plate member 53 to form a documentreversing chamber 54. This chamber is of such a length as to accommodatethe longest document which can be fed through the machine. As thedocument I5 strikes the plate 5i], it is stripped from the drum II, andreversed or flipped over in the chamber 54, as shown at 5| Fig. 5, sothat the'opposite side will be turned uppermost. It is now apparent thatif the document is refed through the machine, the opposite side thereofwill pass through the photographic field of the camera and will thus berecorded. In this rei'eeding operation, the for- It is now apparent thatinstead of The plate formed therewith a forwardly extending arm 50,

'0! the machine and is secured to the opposite walls |3 and I4, as shownin Fig.2. An L-shaped bracket 56 is secured by screws 51 to the underside of the plate 55, adjacent the center thereof, and carries -a stubshaft 58. A bearing 59 is loosely mounted on the shaft 58 and hasintegrally the free end of which carries a rubber coated roller 5|. Acoil spring 52 is wrapped around the bearings 59 and has one endthereofengagin'g the bracket 56 while the other end is hooked over thearm 58. The spring 51 thus yieldably holds the roller 9| in engagementwith the roller 4| so that the roller 6| will be driven from the druminthe direction indicated by the arrow.

As the document is flipped over or reversed, as above described, therotating roller 5| picks up the document and directs it onto therotating drum I to be advanced thereby so that the oppo site side of thedocument may be photographed. While the reversing plate 50 actuallyflips the document over, the finger-s and the plate 48 cooperate to feedor direct the document to the reversing plate, and the roller 6| thendirects the reversed document onto the rotating drum, so that thesemembers all cooperate to perform the reserving operation, and may,therefore, be broadly considered as document reversing means.Furthermore, the plate 40 and the fingers 30 coop- .erate to guide thedocument around the rear face of the drum, so that the plate 40 and thefingers 38 may be-broadly classed as means for guiding document to thereversing plate 50.

The right end of the support 55, as viewed in Fig. 2, carries a pair ofspaced rearwardly extending arms 65 and 66 preferably formed integralwith the support 55. These arms provide bearings for a shaft 61 fromwhich is hung a suspended yoke, broadly designated by the numeral 68.This yoke is formed witha pair of spaced upper bearings 69 through whichthe shaft 61 extends, and a pair of spaced lower bearings 10 whichsupport a lower shaft II, the purpose of which will be hereafter morefullydesc'ribed. By means-of this arrangement the shaft H is hung orsuspended between the arms 65 and 56. A coil spring 12 is wrapped aroundthe shaft 61 and has one end 13 thereof hooked under the support 55 andthe other end." engaging the yoke 68 so as to yieldably force the shaftll rearwardly or toward the drum H, to bring a clutch housing 15,loosely mounted on the shaft H, into engagement withthe drum H.- .Forthe purpose of clarity, the spring 12 is not shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

The arm 65 is formed with 9. depending portion 18 on which is mounted aflat member 19, of sheet metal, secured to the portion 18 by screws 80extending through slots 8| in the member 19, whereby the latter mayslide relative to the portion 18 for a purpose to be later described.The lower portion of the member I9 is extendedforwardly to form one ofthe fingers 38, as will be apparent from the inspection of Fig. 2. Theother fingers 30 are formed integral with or secured to plates 82 whichare fastened to opposite sides of the member 19, and are movable as aunit therewith so that all the fingers 38 may move in unison.

The shaft 1| extends through the member",

and has mounted thereon a cam 85 which engages a pair of upstruck lugs88 formed from the member I9. 'ihe cam 85 is of such shape that a halfrevolution of the shaft Ii will move the memberl9 and, hence, thefingers 30 from the position shown in Fig. 4 to the position shown inFig. 5 to direct the document to the reversing plate 50. However, thenext half revolution oi the shaft II will return the fingers to theposition shown in Fig. 4 in which the fingers are recessed in thegrooves 3| so as to strip the document i5 from the drum The shaft II isdriven by a suitable clutch, not shown, mounted; in

the clutch housing 15. When the clutch is en'- gaged, the shaft II isdriven by reason of the engagement of the clutch housing 15 withthe drumII. This clutch arrangement is preferably of the same construction asthat shown and illustrated in the above-mentioned patent to Hughey, andneed not be further described.

The clutch also comprises a complementary member in the form of a disk81 which is secured to and rotatable as a unit with the shaft 1|. Whenthis disk is held stationary, the clutch is disengaged and the shaft 1|will not be rotated. When, however, the disk is released, it is clutchedto the clutch housing 15 and the shaft 1| is thus driven. As the clutchhousing engages and is driven by the drum II, it is evident that theshaft II will be rotated in timed relation to the rotating of the drumH.

The disk 81 is formed with a pair of diametrically arranged abutments orshoulders 88 with which a lug 89 of a lever or blocking member 90 isadapted to engage. 'When the lug 89 is in engagement with one of theabutments 88, as shown in Fig. 4, the disk 81 and the shaft 1| are heldagainst rotation. However, when the lug 89 is ,II is rotated, as isapparent.

After the lug 89 is moved out of engagement with the abutment 88, itrides along the surface of the disk 81 until the next abutment 88 isbrought into registry with the lug 89, at which time-the lug drops,under the action of a coil spring 9|, against the next abutment 88 toprevent further rotation of the disk 81 and the shaft I Thus each timethe lever 90 is moved out of obstructing positiomthe shaft ll makes ahalf revolution so as to change the position of the fingers 38, as abovedescribed. The lever 90 is held in engagement with the disk 8! by reasonof the spring 9|, one end of which is secured to the side wall l4 whilethe other end is fastened to the lever 90 which in turn is pivoted at'92'to the bellcrank 93.

It is imperative that the rotation of the shaft H and the movement ofthe fingers 30 be in proper timed relation to the rotation of the drumH. To this end, the drum shaft i2 has loosely mounted thereon afive-pointed vcam 95, the

points of which are arranged to periodically engage a laterallyprojecting pin 9'! on the right end of the lever 98, as viewed in Figs.4 and 5, to periodically move the lug 89 out of engagement with theshoulders 88, as shown in Fig. 5, so that the shaft 1| may make a halfrevolution. As the .cam 95 rotates, the pin 91 moves off the point 96and onto a dwell portion-98 of the cam 95 so that the lug 89 may bemoved downwardly, under the action of the spring 9|, to ride on thesurface of the disk 81 whereupon the lug engages the next abutment 88 toarrest the rota- 75 tion of the shaft ii. It is clear from the above Idescription that the rotation of the shaft II and the movement of thefingers 30 are in timed relation to the rotation of the drum I I, andthat the cam 96 controls the operation of the shaft and fingers.

' A trip plate I is also shaft I2.

loosely mounted on the ranged to be periodically clutched to and drivenhnd the cam, are clutched to the drum and rotate as a unit therewith,whereby the shaft II will be rotated, in the manner above described. Inorder to insure the proper functioning of the machine, itis essentialthat the reversing mechanism, above described, be also operated inproper timed relation to the advancing of the document I5 by the drumII. To this end, the advancement of the document is utilized to initiatea sequence of operations all of which are in proper timed relation withthe movement of the document by the drum.

To secure this result, a control arm IN is pivoted intermediate its endsto a post I02 which extends outwardly from the side wall It. The armtends to rotate in a clockwise direction under the action of the springI03. The right end of the arm is slotted, as shown at I04, to receive alaterally extending pin I05 secured to a member I06 mounted on the shaftI0! which also carries fingers I08, all of which is clearly shown inFigsd and 5. The left end of the arm H, as viewed in Figs. 4 and 5, isformed with a lip or offset I09 which is arranged to abut lugs I I0 andIII bent out from the material forming the trip plate I00. The lugs Illare nearer the center of counter-clockwise direction thus also similarlyrotating the control arm IOI so that the lip I09 no longer engages thelug I I0. As the trip plate I00 is now free, the plate and the cam 95are clutched to the drum II and rotated as a unit therewith. Thisrotation ofthe cam 95 brings one of the points 96 thereof intoengagement with the pin 91 on the lever 90 to move the lug 89 out ofengagement with the shoulder of the disk 01 so as to permit a halfrevolution of the shaft II, as above described. This half revolution,moves the fingers 30 to the position shown in Fig. 5. The trip plate I00and the cam 95 continue to rotate until the lip I09 engages one of thelugs III whereupon the trip plate is again held so as to unclutch theplate I00 and cam 95 from the drum II. The lip I09 remains inengagement-with the lug III during the passage of the document I5 underthe fingers I08. When, however, the document has cleared the fingersI09. the latter rotate in a clockwise direction to the position shown inFig. 4 in which the fingers I09 extend into the grooves 3i of the drum.This movement ofthe fingers I08 will also rotate the arm IOI in aclockwise direction to lift the This plate and the cam 95 are artrolledby a cam I20 mounted on shaft Ii.

lip I09 out of engagement with the lug II I. The trip plate is againfree, and will rotate, with the cam 95, until the next lug IIO strikesthe lip I09 whereupon the plate I00 is again stopped. During this time,the pin 91 of the lever rides on the dwell portion 98 of the cam so thatthe lug 89 may engage the next shoulder88. In this manner, the movementof the document through the machine initiates an operating cycle bywhich the reversing mechanism is controlled and operated in timedrelation to the rotation of the feeding drum and the movement of thedocument thereon.

Small documents such as checks may be fed quite rapidly through the rearfeed hopper 25. If both sides of a check are to be photographed, it isdesirable to have the image of each side arranged on adjacent imageareas of the film strip. For this reason, it is advisable to delay thefeeding of the next check until the preceding check has beenphotographed on both sides. This delayed feeding may be done manually,but it is preferred to accomplish it automatically so that all theoperator has to do is to feed the check into the hopper.

This delayed feeding is accomplished, in the present embodiment, bymeans of a series of obstructing'fingers II5, of the shape best shown inFig. 3. These fingers are mounted on and rotatable with a shaft H5, andare-adapted to project through slots II! in the rear wall of the hopper25 and to extend thereacross, as shown in Fig. 3, to prevent furtherfeeding of checks to the drum II. The movement of these fingers is con-This cam engages one end of a lever I2I pivoted at I22 to the machineframe. The other end of the lever I2I is pivotally connected at I23 to avertical member or-link I24 which is in turn throat of the'hopper 25 toprevent further feeding of checks to the drum II. The cam I20 is sodesigned that the fingers II5 will be quickly thrown into obstructingposition when'the guide fingers 30 are moved downwardly to direct thedocument to the rear face of the drum. Such 0 an arrangement thusprevents the feeding of a succeeding check until the preceding check hasbeen photographed on both sides.

A resilient connection is preferably provided between the link I24 andthe arm I25. To secure this result the free end of the arm I25 hasscured thereto a laterally projecting pin I26 which projcts into a slotI21 formed in the upper end of the link I24. A spring I20, has one endthereof anchored to the link I24, and the other end secured to the pinI26 so as to provide a yieidable connection between the link I24 and thearm I25.

Referring now to Fig. 3, it is seen that when the fingers II5 are acrossthe hopper 25, the pin I26 engages the bottom of the slot I21. Anypressure which is now applied to the fingers I I5 will move the pin I26upwardly in the slot I21 against the action of the spring I20. Thisyieidable arrangement enables the trailing portion of a long document tofreely slide between the hopper wall and the ends of the fingers I I5,yet prevents the feeding of a second document or check to the drum IIuntil the preceding document has been photographed on both sides.

The above described reversing mechanism may which a number ofconsecutive documents may be photographed on both sides, or movable toan 7 comes inoperative.

inoperative position in which subsequent documents are photographed onlyon one side. This manual moving means is in the form of a handle I30 thelower end of which is connected at I3I to the left end of the bellcrank93, as viewed in Figs. 4 and 5. When this handle I30 is moved to thefront position, shown in dotted line Fig. 5,

the bellcrank 93 is rotated slightly in the counterclockwise directionto bring the pin 91 of the lever 90 into engagement with the cam 95.With the handle in this position, the checks or documents will bephotographed on both sides. When, however, the handle is shifted to theneutral position, shown in Fig. 4, the left end of the bellcrank 93 islifted slightly upwardly thus depressing the right endthereof wherebythe pin 91 is moved out of engagement with the cam 95. The reversingmechanism is now disconnected from the drum II so that the documentswhich are now fed through the machine will photograph only on one side.

Occasionally it is necessary to photograph both sides of only onedocument out of a group, the remaining documents being photographed onlyon one side. To accomplish this, the handle I30 is moved to arear'position, shown in full lines in Fig. 5, thus rotating thebellcrank 93 to bring the pin 91 into engagement with the cam 95, in thesame manner'as when the handle -I30 is moved to the front position asdescribed in the preceding paragraph. The document to be photographed onboth sides is now fed in the machine, the guide fingers '30 operating toguide the document to the reversing plate 50 and the roll GI serving tore-feed the document to the drum II. When; however, the shaft 1| rotatesto move the fingers 30 to the position shown in Fig. 4, a pin I32projecting outwardly from the disk 81 strikes the handle I30 and movesthe latter to the left or to the neutral position shown in Fig. 4. When'the handle is thus moved to the neutral position, the pin 91 isautomatically moved out of engagement with the cam-95 and thereversingmechanism be- In thismanner, occasional checks may have bothsides thereof photographed, while subsequent checks have only one sidethereof photographed, the change-over being automatic. The handle I30 isprovided with a gripping portion I33 which projects upwardly through anopening I34 in the machine frame. when the handle is moved in either thefront or rear position, it is also moved downwardly so as to bring oneof the shoulders I35 into engagement with the under surface I36 of amember of the machine frame as shown in Fig. 5, to lock the handle I30in adjusting position.

The machine operates as follows: The handle I30 may be selectively movedto a neutral position, shown in Fig. 4, so as to move the pin 91 out ofengagement with the cam 95. Now when checks or documents are fed throughthe hoppers 25 and/or 25, the documents are advanced by the drum IIthrough the photographic field of the camera so as to photograph oneside of the document. The singly. recorded document is then stripped oi!the drum by the fingers I30 and discharged to a suitable receptacle orhopper not shown. When, however, the handle I30 is moved to the frontposition, shown dotted in Fig. 5, the

pin 91 is moved into engagement with the cam 95 thus operativelyconnecting the reversing to t e 'i'ga dvanc 9f the document by the drumII operates the arm IM to move the lip I09 thereof out of engagementwith the lug IIO, the trip plate I is now free and thus automaticallyclutches the plate and the cam 95 to the drum II. Upon rotation of thecam 95, a point 96 thereof engaging the pin 91 to rotate the lever 90about its pivot to When, however, the shaft 1! has made a halfrevolution, the lug 89 engages the opposite shoulder 80 to arrest therotation of the shaft H. The

reversedcheck is now refed by the roller 0| to the drum I I. The secondpassage of the document through the machine repeats the above cycle, thefingers 3|, however, are now moved upwardly into the recesses 3|, andact to strip the document from the drum. The movement of the handle I30to the rear position, shownin full line in Fig. 5, also moves thereversing mechanism into position to reverse thedocument so that bothsides thereof may be photographed. When, however, the first documentis'reversed, the pin I32 on thedisk 01 engages the handle I toautomatically move the latter forwardly or to the 30 neutral position sothat subsequent checks will be photographed only on one side. Thus bymeans of this arrangement a series of checks may be photographed oneither one or 'both sides, or a selected check or document may bephotographed on both sides while the remaining checks or documents arephotographed only on one side.

It is thus apparent from the above description that the presentinvention provides an arrangement whereby checks or other documents may40 have one or both sides .thereof photographically recorded. It is alsoapparent that the reversing mechanism may be selectively positioned sothat designated documents may be photographed on both sides while theremaining documents are photographed only on one side. The reversingmechanism is entirely automatic so that once potioned, the operator needonly feed the. documents to one of the feeding hoppers. Furthermore, thereversing mechanism is arranged to operate in proper timed relation tothe feeding drum and to the movement of the document thereon, theadvantages of which are obvious.

While one embodiment of the invention has been disclosed, it is to beunderstood that the inventive idea may be carried out in a number 'ofways. This application is, therefore, not to belimited to the precisedetails described, but is intended to cover all variations andmodifications thereof falling within the spirit of theinvention and thescope of the appended claims. I claim: v

1. In a document handling device, the combination with a rotating drumfor advancing a document through the photographic field of a 2. In adocument handling device, the com- 7 bination with a rotating drum foradvancing a document through the photographic field of a camera so astophotograph one side of said document, ofguide means controlled by therotation of said drum and movable radially therefrom in timed relationto said rotation, means cooperating with said guidemeans for reversingsaid iocument so that the other side thereof may be advanced by saiddrum through said field and photographed by said camera, and means foroperatively connecting said guide means to said drum so as to becontrolled thereby.

3. In a document handling device, the combination with a rotating drumfor advancing a document through the photographic field of a camera soas to photograph one side of said document, of means for reversing saiddocument so that the other side thereof may be advanced by said drumthrough said field and photographed by said camera, means controlled bythe movement of said document by said drum for operating said reversingmeans, and means for operatively connecting said reversing means to saidcontrol means.

4. In a document handling device, the combination with a rotating drumfor advancing a document through the photographic field of a camera soas to photograph one side of said document, of means for reversing, saiddocument so that the other side thereof may be advanced by said drumthrough said field and photographed document through the photographicfield of a camera so as to photograph one side of said document,of-means forreversing said document so that the other side thereof maybe advanced by said drum through said field and photographed by saidcamera, guide means movable to one position to direct said document tosaid reversing means and movable to another position to strip saiddocument from said drum, and means controlled by the rotation of saiddrum for moving said guide means.

6.In a document handling device, the combination with a rotary drum foradvancing a document through the photographic field of a camera so as tophotograph one side of said document, of means for' reversing saiddocument so that the other side thereof may be advanced by said drumthrough said said field and photographed by said camera, guide meansmovable to one position to direct said document to said eversing meansand'movable to another position to strip said document from said drum,means for moving said guide means to .said positions, and meansoperatively connecting said moving means to said drum so that said guidemeans will be operated in timed relation to the rotation of said drum.

7. In a document handling device, the combination with a rotary drum foradvancing a document through the photographic field of a camera so as tophotograph one side of said document, of means for reversing saiddocument so that the other side thereof may be advanced by said drumthrough said field and photographed by said camera, guide means movableto one position to direct said document to said reversing means andmovable to another position to strip said document from said drum, meansfor moving said guides to said positions, a blocking member normallyengaging said moving means to prevent movement of said guide means, anda cam rotatable with said drum and arranged to engage and toperiodically move said blocking member out of engagement with saidmoving means so that said guide means may be moved to one of saidpositions.

8. In a document handling device, the combination with a rotary drum foradvancing a document through the photographic field of a pamera so as tophotograph one side of said document, of means for reversing saiddocument so that the other side thereof may be advanced by said drumthrough said field and photographed by said camera, guide means movableto one position to direct said document to said reversing means andmovable to another position to strip said document fromsaid drum, meansfor moving said guide means to said positions, a cam mounted on androtatable with said drum, and a lever movable by said cam to operativelyconnect said moving means to said drum so that the movement of saidguide means will be inproper timed relation to the rotation of saiddrum.

9. In a document handling device, the combination with a rotary drum foradvancing a document through the photographic field of a camera so as tophotograph one side of said document, of means for reversing saiddocument so that the other side thereof may be advanced by said drumthrough said field and ph&ographed by said camera, guide means movableto one position to direct said document to said reversing means andmovable to another position to strip said document from said drum, meansfor moving said guide means to said positions, a cam mounted on androtatable with said drum, a. pivoted lever having one end thereofresiliently held in engagement with said moving means to preventmovement of said guide means, the other end of said lever being movableinto engagement with said cam in order that the latter may periodicallymove said one end out of engagement with said moving means so that saidguide means may be moved to one of said positions, and a. control leverfor moving said other end into engagement with said cam.

10. In a document handling device, the combination with a rotary drumfor advancing a document through the photographic field of a camera soas to photograph one side of said document, of means for reversing saiddocument, means operated by said drum for feeding said reversed documentto said drum so that the other side of said document may be advancedthrough said field and photographed by said camera, and

guide means controlled by the rotation of said drum for feeding saiddocument to said reversing means.

11. In a document handling device, the combination with a rotary drumfor advancing a document through the photographic field of a camera soas to photograph one side of said document, of means for reversing saiddocument, means operated by said drum for feeding said reversed documentto said drum so that the other side of said document may be advancedthrough said field and photographed by said camera, guide meanscontrolled, by the rotation of said drum for feeding said document 'tosaid reversing means, and means operated by the advancing of saiddocument by said drum for operatively connecting said guidemeans to saiddrum. 12. In a document handling device, the comsaid drum through saidfield and photographed by said camera, means'mounted on and adapted tobe rotated with said drum for controlling the operation of saidreversing means, and means actuated by the advancing of said documentfor operating said control means.

13. In a documentehandling device,-the combination with a rotating drumfor advancing a document through the photographic field of a camera soas to photograph one side of said document,,of means for reversing saiddocument so that the other side thereof may be advanced by said drumthrough. said field and photographed by said camera, guide means movableto one position to,direct said document to said reversing means andmovable to another position to'strip said document from said drum, meansfor moving said guide means to one of said positions, and meansincluding a member actuated by the advancing of said document forcontrolling said moving means in timed relation to the movement of saiddocument by said drum.

14. In a document handling'device, the combination with a rotating drumfor advancing a document through the photographic field of a .camera soas to photograph one side of said document, of means for reversing saiddocument so that the other side thereof may be advanced by said drumthrough said field and photographed by said camera, guide means movableto one position to direct said document to said reversing means andmovable to another position to strip said document from said drum,meansfor moving said guide means to one of said positions, a blockingmember normally in the path of said moving means to prevent the movementof said guide means, a cam adapted to be connected to and rotated bysaid drum and arranged to engage and to periodically move said memberout of the path of said moving means so that the latter may move saidguide means to one of said positions,

and a finger actuated by the advancing of said document by said drum foroperatively connecting said cam to said drum so that said guide meanswill be moved in timed relation to the advancing of said document. a

15.. In antapparatus for photographically recording a document, thecombination with a housing having a feeding station for said document, arotating drum mounted in said housing for advancing said documentthrough the photographic field of a camera so as to photograph one sideof saiddocument, of means for reversing said document so that the otherside thereof may be advanced by said drum through said field, and meansfor obstructing said station to prevent the feeding of a second documenttherethrough until said other side has been advanced through said field.t

16. In an apparatus for photographically recording a document, thecombination with a housing having a feeding stationfor said document, arotating drum mounted in said housing for advancing said documentthrough the photo- 7 graphic field of a camera so as to photograph oneside of said document, of means for reversing said document so that theother side thereof-may be advanced by said drum through said field, -a

member pivotally mounted to said housing and arranged to be moved toobstruct said station to prevent the feeding of a second documenttherethrough until said other side has been advanced through said field,and means op'eratively' connecting said member to said reversing meansso that said member will be moved in timed relation to the operation ofsaid reversing means. 17. Ina document handling device, the combinationwith a rotating drum for advancing a document through the photographicfield of a camera so as to photograph one side of said document, ofmeans for reversing said document so that the other side; thereofl-maybe advanced by-said drum through said field and photographed by saidcamera, and a manual control lever selectively movable to one positionto bring said reversing means into operative position so as tosuccessively pass opposite sides of said document through said field,said lever being also movable to another position to throw saidreversing mech anism'to an inoperative position so that only one side ofsubsequent documents will be carried through said field.

18. In a document handling device, the combination with a rotating drumfor advancing a document through the photographic field of 'a camera soas to photograph one side of said document, of means for reversing saiddocument so that the other side thereof may be advanced by said drumthrough said field and photographed by said camera, guide means movableto one position to direct said document to said reversing mechanism andmovable to a different position to strip said documents from said drum,means for moving said guide means to said positions, means including acontrol lever for operatively connecting said guide moving means to saiddrum, said lever being selectively movable to one position in which theguide means is alternately moved by said drum from said one to saiddifierent position so that both sides of said document may be passedthrough said field, said lever being also movable to a neutral positionin which the guide means is disconnected from said drum and held in saiddifierent position so only one side of said document is passed throughsaid field, said lever being further movable to a third position inwhich said guide means is again alternately moved by said drum to passboth sides of said document through said field, and means movable intimed relation to the movement of said guide means for engaging saidlever to automatically movethe latter fromesaid third position to saidneutral position so that said guide means will be disconnected from saiddrum so that subsequent documents will have only one side thereofphotographically recorded.

19. In an apparatus for photographically recording documents, thecombination with a housing having a pair of feeding stations adjacentthe top thereof, one of said stations being for small documents whilethe other station is for relatively long documents, a driven rotatingdrum mounted in said housing for advancing said documents through thephotographic field of a camera so as to photograph one side of saiddocuments, of a stationary deflector plate on the rear side of said drumadjacent said other station, said plate being arranged to reverse saiddocument so that the other side thereof may be advanced by said drumthrough said field, guide means supported by said housing and adapted tobe operatively I one of said feeding stations until said other side ofsaid document has passed through said field,

- means operatively connected to said guide means for moving saidmember, and a manual controllever for said guide means, said lever beingadapted to be selectively positioned to operate said guide means so thateither one or both sides of the documents may be photographicallyrecorded.

20. An apparatus for photographically recording documents comprising incombination, a housing, a pair of document feeding stations adjacent thetop of said housing, a driven rotating drum for advancing said documentsthrough the photographic fleldoi a camera so as to photograph oneside'of said documents, a stationary deflector for reversing saiddocuments, means operated by said drum for feeding the reversed documentto said drum so that the other side of said document may be advancedthrough said field and photographed by said camera, guide means movableto one position to direct said documents to said deflector and movableto an- I being movable by said document'to move said am so that saidplate and cam may be operatively connected to said drum to move saidguide means in timed relation to the movement 0! said document, meansfor obstructing one of said stations to prevent the feeding of a seconddocument until the other side of the preceding document has beenphotographed, and a manual control lever for movingsaid above-mentionedlever into and out of. engagement with said cam to control the operationof said guide'means.

ALVIN E. SCHUBERT.

